Weekly Report of the

NEWTON NJ ROTARY CLUB

Meeting Held: Jan 4, 2022

Location Hampton Diner

Menu: The Same

Attendance: 10

    Excuses for Not Attending:

        * Have Covid 

        * In quarantine 

        * Afraid of getting covid

        * .. and a few others

Weather: 50’s

Guests:

   Frank welcomed a very significant guest, Elaine - 

 

Happy Dollars

 * Denise - Happy about things in general

 * John Cuozzo -  Just because..

 * Laura - Happy to be with family

 Total Collected: $3.00  

     As you know, all money collected and not paid out  is added to our general revenue for future community projects

 

50/50 Won by Jim Taylor - No ace, however.

 

SPEAKER:

   Will Porter of the Sussex County Library System spoke and gave the club an update on the expansion of The Dennis Library.

    In other remarks, he explained that the $6 million budget was money well spent. While it is only $40/resident, many of us benefit from the facilities and services. 

     He pointed out that “e-stuff” was up 84%. This includes research and books, as examples.

 

    Club officers for the next term were announced:

Todd - President

Carl - President-Elect

Pam - Secretary

Helen - Treasurer

Past President Laura

President at Large - Jim Taylor

 

 

Executive Board

Denise

Rob Rhine

Alice

Laura

 

Project Updates:

  Homeless - ok on schedule

  Pancake Breakfast - Feb 12

   Chilli Open - We will be in charge of the bar

   Dictionary Project - On hold as Alice recovers from Covid 

   100 Yr Committee - While some members remember the first meeting, others are planning to celebrate it.

 

This edition is reported by Frank and edited by Bob and Frank

 

 

 

The debut Skippy comic strip, published in Life on March 22, 1923

 

Percy Crosby's Skippy novel (Grosset & Dunlap, 1929)

Skippy is an American comic strip written and drawn by Percy Crosby that was published from 1923 to 1945. A highly popular, acclaimed and influential feature about rambunctious fifth-grader Skippy Skinner, his friends and his enemies,.

It was adapted into movies, a novel and a radio show. It was commemorated on a 1997 U.S. Postal Service stamp and was the basis for a wide range of merchandising—although perhaps the most well-known product bearing the Skippy name, Skippy peanut butter, used the name without Crosby's authorization.

Wikipedia 1/7/22

 

Does anyone know if the litigation is still going on?   

Note how close the date is to our own anniversary.